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Nanaimo dentist Sanjivan Mahara, right, will stay in Nepal for another week to assist his family in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that has devastated the country.
Earthquake causes mass devastation in country DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
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anaimo’s Sanjivan Mahara has decided to spend another week in his native Nepal so he can be there for his extended family. Mahara, 47, lived in Nepal until he moved to Canada in 1999. He now owns a dental practice on Wallace Street. He’s made many return trips to his home country, often to do free dental work and otherwise help impoverished people there. A powerful earthquake caused widespread devastation in north-central Nepal before Mahara could return to Kathmandu, where his extended family lives, delaying his return to the capital by two days.
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When he finally got there, he postponed his return to Canada, choosing to reconnect with his family and support them. His mission to western Nepal, funded in part with donations from Rotary Daybreak Nanaimo, was to find a school in need of financial and other aid in the remote western region. He located a school and $500 gift was presented from Nanaimo as seed money for development projects. That was Friday (April 24). Mahara planned to return to his extended family in Kathmandu the next day.
But nature had another plan. The powerful 7.8 quake struck roughly 70 kilometres northwest of Kathmandu, the capital city, on Saturday spreading destruction over a wide swath, including the populous capital. “We couldn’t get a ticket to Kathmandu, because all the flights got cancelled,” Mahara said. The work portion of Mahara’s trip was finished and it was time for some family time His son Sash, 20, a University of Victoria engineering student, was flying to Kathmandu on Saturday. Mahara looked forward to time with Sash, who hadn’t been back to Nepal for years, and other family members at his brother’s home.
The earthquake caused massive devastation, and that put a hold on his travel plans. Tribhuvan International, Kathmandu’s only airport, has just one runway and no instrument landing system. It became clogged and many planes were turned away. Sash had been away from Nepal so long, his father wondered how he would cope in the aftermath of an earthquake. “My biggest worry was how can he survive by himself, without me.” Two days later, Mahara drove three hours to a city where the airport “had many flights to Kathmandu.” He decided to stay another week. See NEPAL, Page A3
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City officials fear the number of thefts of the green bins, which cost $25 to replace, are actually much higher than the one or two a day being reported. » Nanaimo Region A6
Eradicating that culture will take time and a effort from military leadership, former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps said in her report; top brass agree. » Nation & World, A8
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The District of Lantzville looks headed for a byelection to fill two recently-vacated council seats. Mayor Colin Haime said this week he was looking into whether it was possible to scrap the two seats entirely off the seven-member council and reduce the number of district legislators to five. Haime referenced the successful outcome of a referendum during the November election to reduce the number of council seats to five from seven for the 2018 election. The outgoing council, led by former mayor Jack de Jong, implemented the change in bylaw before leaving office. However, the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development confirmed Thursday that the municipality cannot not reduce the number of seats on council before the 2018 election. That means Lantzville must hold a byelection to fill seats vacated by Jennifer Millbank and Rod Negrave, who resigned this week expressing concerns of dysfunction at the local government. In his resignation letter, Negrave highlighted concerns regarding disrespectful treatment of staff at council meetings and a breakdown in council process, calling the council “broken.” Millbank, in her letter, said she could “no longer be part of” the council. The Local Government Act does not specify exactly when a byelection must be held, only that an election must be called no later than 80 days after a chief elections officer is appointed. Haime said a special meeting will likely be called between now and May 11 to appoint an elections officer and determine the timing. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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